“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.”—George Washington, letter to James Madison, 1785

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence